"Incident causes evacuation of Cincinnati Airport"

Monday, March 17, 2003

Incident causes evacuation of airport
Passenger avoids screening process
The Cincinnati (OH) Post


Some 4,000 people were evacuated for about two hours Sunday from the
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport because of security
concerns in the international area.

After passing a metal detector, an unidentified passenger did not
participate in other screening procedures, prompting the evacuation about 2
p.m.

Thousands of passengers had to be rescreened before they were permitted to
take their flights.

People were permitted back in the airport shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, said
airport spokesman Ted Bushelman.

All people in concourses A, B and C of Terminal 3 were evacuated.

Terminal 3, which handles Delta and Comair flights, is the busiest part of
the airport.

People in Terminals 1 and 2, however, did not have to evacuate.

Officials declined to say Sunday night whether an arrest had been made in
the security breach.

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